Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Less sugar” in Vietnamese
“Less sugar” in Vietnamese is
Ít đường
Hear it in both accents
Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Used in a sentence
Cho tôi một ly chè đậu xanh, ít đường nhé.
I'll have a mung bean sweet soup with less sugar, please.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: ít (little/few) + đường (sugar)
When you would use it
This line comes from the Sweet Soup Order situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs